P45 Platinum wont start up

Hi
i have a p45 platinum motherboard. For some reason the board just wont start up anymore, it was working fine.
when i plug it in, the power led glows, but when i hit the power button (on the board) some if not all of the leds, glow for like one second and then, nothing.
Any idea what could be the issue ? is it fixable ?

Quote from: fuzzz on 04-January-12, 19:53:11
i have a p45 platinum motherboard. For some reason the board just wont start up anymore, it was working fine.
Q8200 2.66@ 3.01Ghz
2*1GB DDR2 Ram 800Mhz @ 860Mhz
Overclocking means accelerated death, but that 10% level is not quite a dangerous one.
Did you overclock them more than 10% in the past?
And if yes, how much and for how long?
Try to borrow another processor and another DDR2 module and see how it goes.

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However I dont know which are the status leds, since this is not described anywhre in the manual.
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and tried Motherboard 2x1 ram cpu and graphic card - Same as above - nothing.
Please test with one memory module only and try a different PSU while the board is sitting on a non-conducting surface outside the case.
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now as per the board specs 1600 fsb is the maximum.
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Just got my multimeter out and tested the 24 pin plug on the power supply.
Removed power supply from the case and used some cable to connect pins 15 and 16 to make the cooling fan spin.
Test results -
Pin Should be Tested
1 3.3v 3.33v
2 3.3v 3.33v
3 Earth Earth
4 5v 5.00v
5 Earth Earth
6 5v 5.00v
7 Earth Earth
8 5v 5.00v
9 5v 5.07v
10 12v 12.17v
11 12v 12.18v
12 3.3v 3.33v
13 3.3v 3.33v
14 -12v -10.41v
15 Earth Earth
16 Not sure Nothing, but the fan worked when shorted to pin 15
17 Earth Earth
18 Earth Earth
19 Earth Earth
20 Not present Not present
21 5v 5.00v
22 5v 5.00v
23 5v 5.00v
24 Earth Earth
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Remove your OC Settings...
Okay I bought the system to default, by loading and committing all values using the F6 in the BIOS. The system is first posting perfect.
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Now the question is: How do I get this baby to run at 4.0 Ghz. With the quickest RAM speed. If I can not get quick RAM speed no issue, but I want the 4.0 Ghz speed for the CPU.
Quote from: Del UK on 06-January-10, 22:37:31
With the overclock you achieved and components..... I am 90% sure, that PSU (Even though good quality) does not have the power for first cold boot.
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...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem
Thats a good starting point. Set BIOS to default and then ensure your memory is at DDR2-800 at ~1,9V.
From there start increasing your FSB. I think you will have a better chance at what you are trying to achieve with a lower memory frequency. See how far you can go that way without changing any other voltages, but always check your V Core under load as you increase the frequency.
I have had my proc at up to 3,7GHZ (board jumpers removed) all other BIOS settings being stock/auto, but I manually kept my DDR at 800.
My core Voltage will rise to 1,296 under full load at that freq, which is still below the Intel spec max of 1,3625 "Table 2-3. Voltage and Current Specifications in the Intel spec sheet". So I know there is room for more. My CPU core temps will be between 55 and 60C depending on the auto speed-up of the cooler, which I must say is very effective.
Running some real world tests though, i.e. 3D gaming, I found that the increase above the 3,4GHz I am running now, is hardly worth the additional heat and obvious associated higher voltages. My chipset especially heats up to about 55C and I need to take the passive cooling off at some stage to check the MSI factory paste.

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